Fullerton Police recently announced that the department has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The funds will be used to conduct DUI checkpoints and to fund additional saturation patrols specifically targeting impaired drivers.
Police also announced that they plan to use grant money to compile "DUI Hotsheets" -- lists of DUI offenders with suspended or revoked licenses -- as part of their "court sting" operations. I actually witnessed a court sting in practice this morning. I was walking out of the misdemeanor pre-trial department (N-9) of the Fullerton Courthouse and I recognized a Fullerton Police Officer hanging out in the hallway, dressed in street clothes. The officer was holding a stack of papers. The papers contained mugshots and case notes. This cop was waiting for someone with a suspended license to walk out of court. If the suspect attempted to drive away from the courthouse, the FPD would immediately stop the driver and impound his car. This should go without saying, but DO NOT DRIVE TO OR FROM COURT WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE.
Downtown Fullerton is always a hot spot for DUI enforcement, and holiday weekends are especially busy for local police. DUI doesn't just mean alcohol, either. The Fullerton Police Department employs "drug recognition experts" who are specially trained and certified to spot drivers who are impaired by marijuana and other drugs. Now that the Fullerton PD has a some grant money to burn on traffic enforcement, expect an especially heavy police presence on patrol for impaired drivers. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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